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Thomas J. Watson

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Artist: Albert Ketcham Murray, 29 Dec 1906 - 24 Mar 1992
Sitter: Thomas J. Watson, 17 Feb 1874 - 19 Jun 1956

Date: c. 1956

Type: Painting

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Frame (Verified): 137.2 x 128.3 x 7 cm (54 x 50 1/2 x 2 3/4"); Stretcher: 103.8 × 94.3 × 2.4 cm (40 7/8 × 37 1/8 × 15/16")

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Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the IBM Corporation

Restrictions & Rights: Usage conditions apply

Object number: NPG.94.125

Provenance: International Business Machines, Inc., Armonk, N.Y.; gift 1994 to NPG

Data Source: National Portrait Gallery